Wife stabs husband’s lover with bottle over infidelity
By Patricia Uyeh
A housewife by name, Amudat Shosanya, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing her husband’s lover with a broken bottle.
According to The Nation, Mrs Shosanya,a Kwara State indigene, was said to have stabbed Remilekun Adeshina on the head, neck, hand and fingers. It was gathered that the accused has been married to her husband, Wasiu for eight years without a child. Also, when the accused caught her husband with Remilekun, she quarrelled with him for having extra-marital affair and allegedly stabbed him on the lap close to his manhood.
Further reports showed that the accused went ahead to attack the victim in her shop. Mrs Shosanya is currently facing a charge of assault. Prosecuting Sergeant Mariam Dauda told the court that the accused committed the offence on December 13 around 11.27am at Jebba Street in Ebute Meta:
“The accused and her husband had a misunderstanding and out of anger, she went to Adeshina’s house and stabbed her all over her body, accusing her of being the reason her husband was hostile to her,”
The offence contravenes Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. However, the accused pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Helen Omisore granted the accused N10, 000 bail with one surety in the like sum and adjourned the case to January 12
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